SPORTS BRIEFING | MARATHONS; Tergat Focuses On New York City Marathon

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Published: June 12, 2008

The Kenyan star and former world record holder Paul Tergat has set his eyes on the New York City Marathon in November. Tergat, 39, whose world mark of 2:04.55 in Berlin in 2003 was bettered by his Ethiopian archrival Haile Gebreselassie last year, has not competed since finishing sixth in the 2007 London marathon.